vo  w*y\, 


1900.] 


U 


FUTURE  MISSIONARY  POLICY  IN  CHINA. 


851 


FUTURE  MISSIONARY  POLICY  IN  CHINA. 

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A Notable  Conference  of  Missionary  Secretaries. 

^ MAY  1 j 1921 

BY  REV.  ARTHUR  J.  BROWN,  D.D.  NEW  YORK  CITYx  >.  A 

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Secretary  of  the  Presbyterian  Board  for  Foreign  Missions. 

Now  that  immediate  danger Af  the  further  destruction  of  mission- 


ary life  in  China  has  probably  parsed,  stupendous  problems  of  recon- 
struction confront  us.  Never  before  in  all  the  history  of  missions 
have  such  difficult  and  delicate  questions  called  for  an  answer.  The 
work  of  the  largest  mission  field  in  the  world  is  paralyzed,  many 
stations  have  been  abandoned,  and  the  missionaries  are  fugitives  in 
the  port  cities,  and  in  Korea  and  Japan,  while  at  home  the  expediency 
of  the  whole  missionary  enterprise  is  being  challenged£the  boards  are 
urged  to  send  no  more  missionaries  to  China,  and  some  people  frankly 
say,  that  in  any  event  they  will  give  no  more  money  for  missionary 
work  in  China.]) 

In  these  circumstances  every  board  has  a heavy  responsibility.  In 
order  that  we  in  the  Presbyterian  Board  might  have  sound  counsel, 
we  first  sought  the  opinions  of  the  missionaries  themselves.  So  we 
cabled  to  those  assembled  in  Chefoo,  asking  them  to  hold  a meeting, 
consider  the  policy  that  ought  to  be  adopted,  and  wire  us  their  .judg- 
ment. Providentially,  there  were  about  forty  Presbyterian  mission- 
aries from  China  in  this  country  on  furlough.  We  selected  eight 
wise,  devoted  men,  representing  all  our  missions  in  China,  brought 
them  to  New  York  at  the  expense  of  the  board,  and  spent  many  profit- 
able hours  with  them,  listening  to  all  that  was  in  their  hearts,  after 
the  months  of  thought  and  prayer  which  they  had  naturally  given  to 
the  subject.  Nor  was  this  all7  for  we  wrote  to  all  the  other  mission- 
aries from  China  now  in  the  United  States,  explaining  that  while  it 
was  impracticable  for  financial  reasons  to  bring  so  many  to  New  York, 
yet  we  desired  their  opinions  too,  and  requesting  each  one  to  freely 
write  any  suggestions.  Thus  we  did  everything  in  our  power  to 
ascertain  the  views  of  the  devoted  missionaries  themselves. 

Realizing,  however,  that  the  questions  before  ns  were  common  to 
other  boards  similarly  situated,  all  the  boards  of  foreign  missions  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada,  having  work  in  China,  were  invited  to 
send  delegates  to  an  interdenominational  conference  in  New  York. 
The  invitation  was  cordially  accepted,  and  September  21  thirty-two 
delegates  assembled  in  our  board  rooms,  representing  nearly  all  the 
leading  Protestant  bodies  of  America.  In  this  conference  also  the 
entire  ground  was  traversed,  step  by  step,  including  a docket  embrac- 
ing thirty  topics  and  sub-topics.  The  conference  was  of  extra'or dinary 
interest  and  value.  While  the  discussions  were  free  and  the  opinions 
not  always  unanimous,  yet  harmony  prevailed  to  a remarkable  degree. 


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852  the  missionary  review  of  the  world.  [November 

The  session  began  with  a season  of  special  prayer  for  Divine  guidance, 
and  never  was  prayer  more  plainly  answered.  We  separated,  feeling 
that  we  had  been  greatly  helped,  that  our  vision  had  been  clarified, 
and  that  we  were  prepared  to  submit  clearer  judgment  to  our  respec- 
tive boards. 

The  main  lines  of  policy  agreed  upon  by  both  missionaries  and 
board  representatives  (for  with  one  nfinor  exception  practically  identical 
views  were  expressed  in  the  two  conferences),  and  which  will  now  be 
voted  upon  by  the  boards  concerned  were  as  follows: 

RESUMPTION  OF  THE  WORK.  ^ 

1.  While  the  uprising  in  China  has,  of  course,  had  a restrictive, 
and  in  some  places  a deeply  injurious  present  effect  on  missionary 
operations,  there  is  no  adequate  ground  for  discouragement,  and  the 
work  ought  to  be,  and  must  be  resumed  at  as  early  a date  as  may  be 
practicable  and  wise.  There  is  no  disposition  to  be  reckless  in  reopen- 
ing stations.  We  do  not  underestimate  the  possible  consequences  of 
premature  resumption  of  work.  The  servants  of  the  Lord  must  be 
sensible.  But  not  for  a moment  are  we  discouraged.  Clear,  strong, 
and  unanimous  was  the  note  of  both  conferences  that  God  will  over- 
rule this  disturbance  for  the  furtherance  of  the  Gospel,  that  just  as 
the  most  successful  era  of  missionary  work  in  India  followed  the 
mutiny  of  1857,  so  will  a new  day  for  China  date  from  the  Boxer  riots 
of  1900,  that  not  only  should  every  destroyed  station  be  rebuilt,  but 
that  plans  should  be  made  for  reenforcements  and  increased  expendi- 
tures, in  order  that  the  Church  of  God  may  seize  the  coming  strategic 
opportunity  to  win  China  for  Christ.  The  missionaries  in  particular 
were  united  and  enthusiastic  in  the  conviction  that  a large  number  of 
new  missionaries  will  be  needed  next  year,  and  that  the  young  men  in 
the  theological  seminaries  should  be  encouraged  to  apply  for  appoint- 
ment. 

AN  AGGRESSIVE  POLICY  AT  HOME. 

2.  In  view  of  the  public  interest  in  China,  the  frequent  denial  of 
the  validity  of  the  whole  missionary  enterprise,  and  the  fact  that  the 
missionary  cause  now  has  the  attention  of  the  country  as  never  before, 
it  was  unanimously  agreed  that  we  should  adopt  an  aggressive  policy 
at  home.  A committee  was  therefore  appointed  to  prepare  a jointA 
letter  to  the  American  churches,  reaffirming  the  Divine  authority  off 
missions  as  of  supreme  and  perpetual  obligation,  emphasizing  the  true 
significance  of  the  present  situation  in  China,  and  summoning  the 
churches  to  special  gifts  for  the  reestablishment  and  enlargement  ofl 
the  work,  and  to  the  observance  of  the  week  beginning  October  28th,/ 
as  a iveek  of  special  prayer,  with  memorial  services  for  martyred  mis* 
sionaries.  It  was  also  voted  that  the  letter  should  include  reference 


1900.] 


FUTURE  MISSIONARY  POLICY  IN  CHINA. 


853 


to  the  noble  fidelity  of  the  Chinese  Christians  under  the  awful  perse- 
cution to  which  they  have  been  subjected,  commend  them  to  the  sym- 
pathies and  prayers  of  God’s  people  everywhere,  and  heartily  indorse 
the  appeal  of  Minister  Conger  and  representative  missionaries  in 
Peking,  for  relief  contributions,  the  conference  holding  that  these 
Christians  were  worthy  of  a generosity  similar  to  that  which  has  been 
extended  to  the  famine  sufferers  in  India.  We  hope  that  this  letter 
will  be  read  from  every  pulpit  in  the  United  States  and  Canada,  and 
made  the  subject  of  Sabbath  sermons,  mid-week  devotional  meetings, 
family  prayers,  and  such  other  services  as  may  be  deemed  advisable! 
by  the  pastors  concerned. 

THE  MISSIONARIES  NOW  IN  CHINA. 

3.  Sympathetic  consideration  was  given  to  the  embarrassment  of 
the  missionaries  who  are  crowded  in  the  port  cities,  with  only  the 
scanty  clothing  they  happened  to  be  wearing  when  they  fled  from 
their  stations,  and  forced  to  pay  high  prices  for  rent  and  supplies.  Is 
the  interruption  of  work  likely  to  be  so  long  continued  that  they 
should  come  home  ? Both  furloughed  missionaries  and  board  repre- 
sentatives felt  that  a general  recall  to  America  was  neither  necessary 
nor  expedient.  Such  a return  would  involve  an  enormous  expense, 
for  our  Presbyterian  Board  alone  has  over  150  China  missionaries  still 
abroad.  It  would  destroy  the  continuity  of  the  work,  leave  the  Chi- 
nese Christians  to  unrelieved  suffering  and  disaster,  and  the  remaining 
mission  property  to  be  still  further  damaged.  It  would  make  it 
impossible  to  resume  the  work  if,  in  the  providence  of  God,  such 
redemption  should  be  practicable  within  a few  months.  The  home 
church  would  be  unfavorably  affected  by  such  a general  withdrawal, 
naturally  construing  it  as  an  admission  of  defeat,  and  indefinite  post- 
ponement of  missionary  work,  and  in  consequence  diminishing  gifts, 
while  as  the  usual  term  of  service  in  China  is  about  eight  years,  so 
many  furloughs  now  would  mean  that  eight  or  nine  years  hence  most 
of  the  missionaries  in  China  would  need  a furlough,  and  so  another 
general  exodus  would  be  necessary,  thus  practically  subjecting  the 
work  for  an  indefinite  period  to  alternations  of  vigorous  effort,  and 
more  or  less  complete  inaction.  All  agreed  therefore  that,  except 
where  conditions  of  ill  health  or  nervous  strain  render  an  immediate 
return  necessary,  the  missionaries  now  on  the  field  should  await  devel- 
opments in  Korea,  Japan,  and  such  China  ports  as  may  be  safe,  in 
anticipation  of  an  early  resumption  of  the  work,  the  care  and  reconstruc- 
tion of  the  mission  property,  and  particularly  the  guidance  and  com- 
fort of  the  Chinese  Christians,  who  otherwise  would  be  left  to  the 
wolves  as  sheep  having  no  shepherd.  The  suggestion  was  made  that 
missionaries  who  may  not  be  able  to  return  to  their  own  stations 
might  temporarily  assist  other  stations  or  missions. 


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J 

854  the  missionary  revibw  of  the  world.  [November 

In  like  manner,  there  was  general  agreement  that  while  each 
board  must  determine  for  itself  when  missionaries  on  furlough  and 
new  missionaries  under  appointment  should  leave  for  their  respective 
fields,  such  missionaries  should  not  anticipate  an  indefinite  delay  in 
this  country,  but  should  hold  themselves  in  readiness  to  sail  at  such 
dates  as  might  prove  practicable  in  consultation  with  their  respective 
boards.  Some  of  these  rested,  vigorous  men  may  be  needed  at  once 
to  relieve  their  North  China  brethren  who  have  been  exhausted  by  the 
awful  experiences  of  recent  months. 

THE  QUESTION  OF  INDEMNITY. 

4.  Much  time  was  given  to  the  question  of  indemnity.  Eight  boards 
reported  definite  knowledge  of  destroyed  or  damaged  property,  in 
some  instances  to  a very  large  amount,  while  most  of  the  other  boards 
jrglficig ated^sses.  Not  all  saw  alike  on  this  question.  There  was, 
•mogooreiSiinanimity  in  the  conviction  that  it  would  be  highly  unbe- 
coming in  the  followers  of  Christ  to  manifest  a mercenary  spirit  and 
make  exorbitant  demands  upon  the  Chinese,  especially  as  corrupt 
officials  would  probably  squeeze  the  required  sums  out  of  the  inno- 
cent villagers,  and  count  themselves  lucky  in  getting  off  so  easy. 
After  full  discussion,  vote  was  taken  upon  the  motion  that:  (a)  When 
_the  governments  shall  ask  for  information  as  to  claims  for  indemnity, 
such  claims  should  not  include  suffering,  loss  of  life,  or  interruption 
of  work,  but  only  the  actual  value  of  destroyed  or  injured  property, 
and  the  extraordinary  expenses  incurred  in  consequence  of  the 
troubles,  and  (b)  in  exceptional  cases,  for  loss  of  life  which  has  de- 
stroyed the  means  of  support  for  wife  and  children. 

The  question  being  divided,  (a)  was  carried  unanimously,  though 
one  delegate  did  not  vote.  On  (b)’a  majority  held  that  in  such  cases 
a claim  might  reasonably  be  made  on  behalf  of  an  otherwise  destitute 
family,  though  a minority  felt  that  not  even  then  should  a money 
value  be  placed  on  missionary  life,  and  that  the  care  of  dependent 
relatives  was  a proper  charge  on  the  home  church.  It  was  unani- 
mously voted  that  claims  for  indemnity  should  not  be  presented  by 
individual  missionaries  directly  to  the  civil  authorities,  but  only 
through  their  respective  boards,  and  that  it  was  inexpedient  to 
appoint  an  interdenominational  committee  to  collate  and  present 
these  claims,  but  that  each  board  should  act  for  itself. 

The  thought  here  was  not  to  interfere  with  the  liberty  of  any 
missionary,  but  rather  to  relieve  him  and  also  the  government.  Sev- 
eral hundred  missionaries  are  involved.  They  are  widely  scattered. 
While  a few  are  so  situated  that  they  might  effectively  push  their 
own  claims,  a large  majority  would  be  under  great  disadvantage  in 
conducting  the  necessary  negotiations.  Nor  must  we  forget  the  em- 


1900.]  FUTURE  MISSIONARY  POLICY  IN  CHINA.  855 

barrassment  to  which  our  government  might  be  exposed.  The  State 
Department  has  been  exceedingly  kind,  and  no  member  of  the  admin- 
istration has  ever  even  hinted  at  the  annoyance  of  which  Lord  Salis- 
bury complained  in  England.  Nevertheless,  we  can  readily  see  what 
delicacies  would  be  involved  if  so  many  individuals  were  to  be  pushing 
indemnity  claims  with  varying  degrees  of  vigor  and  with  widely  differ- 
ent ideas  as  to  what  objects  should  be  included.  Moreover,  experience 
with  Oriental  governments  hardly  justifies  the  belief  that  the  indem- 
nity will  be  paid  within  ten  days  ! While  the  negotiations  are  pend- 
ing, how  are  the  missionaries  to  be  carried  ? They  must  have  imme- 
diate reimbursement  for  the  extraordinary  expense  which  they  have 
incurred.  Manifestly  the  boards  must  stand  behind  the  missionaries, 
promptly  meeting  their  necessary  and  pressing  obligations,  and  then 
deal  with  the  government  regarding  the  indemnity.  The  boards  are 
better  able  to  bear  the  burden  of  delay  than  the  individual  mission- 
aries. In  the  Presbyterian  Board  we  shall  follow  the  analogy  of  our 
annual  estimates,  ask  each  individual  and  station  to  make  out  a 
schedule,  have  it  voted  on  by  the  mission,  and  then  forwarded  to  the 
board  in  New  York.  In  this  way  the  vexed  question  of  indemnity^ 
can  be  handled  in  an  orderly  and  prudent  manner.  We  shall  avoid 
demands  which  might  subject  the  whole  missionary  enterprise  to  crit- 
icism, and  we  shall  not  embitter  the  Chinese  by  taking  what  might  be 
be  deemed  unfair  advantage  of  them. 

MISSIONARIES  AND  THE  CIVIL  POWERS. 

5.  The  conference  was  not  disposed  to  allow  critics  to  define  the  rela- 
tion of  the  missionary  to  the  civil  power,  especially  as  those  critics  do 
not  ordinarily  distinguish  between  the  radically  different  practises  of 
Roman  Catholics  and  Protestants.  It  was  felt  that  this  would  be  a 
good  time  for  the  Protestant  missionary  bodies  to  put  themselves  on 
record.  As  such  a paper  could  not  wisely  be  framed  amid  the  hurry 
of  a conference,  a committee  was  appointed  to  draft  it,  and  to  report 
at  the  annual  joint  conference  next  January.  Meantime,  the  Presby- 
terian missionaries  unanimously  declared  it  to  be  their  rule  not  to 
apply  to  the  civil  authorities  unless  absolutely  necessary,  and  that 
they  had  repeatedly  refused  to  make  such  appeals  when  they  might 
reasonably  have  done  so.  The  Rpv.  Dr.  A.  A.  Fulton,  of  Canton, 
stated  that  he  had  not  appealed  to  the  civil  authorities  half  a dozen 
times  in  twenty  years.  The  Rev.  A.  M.  Cunningham,  of  Peking,  had 
appealed  only  twice  in  eight  and  a half  years,  and  then  simply  to 
transmit  information;  the  Rev.  P.  W.  McClintock,  of  Hainan,  only 
once  in  eight  years;  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  N.  Hayes,  of  Suchou,  once  in 
eighteen  years;  the  Rev.  J.  II.  Laughlin,  of  Shantung,  never  in  nine- 
teen years.  And  the  missionaries  stated  that  they  believed  themselves 


856  thh  missionary  review  of  the  world.  [November 

to  be  fairly  representative  of  the  practise  of  American  Protestant 
missionaries  in  China. 

A significant  indication  of  the  attitude  of  the  boards  was  given  in 
the  vote  on  a request  that  had  been  cabled  from  China  to  several 
boards,  asking  them  to  protest  to  Washington  against  the  proposed 
evacuation  of  Peking  by  the  allied  armies  and  the  reinstatement  of 
the  empress-dowager,  as  disastrous  to  missions.  Some  of  the  mis- 
sionaries thought  that  such  a protest  should  be  made  on  the  ground 
that  the  withdrawal  of  the  armies  and  the  reinstatement  of  the 
empress  would  be  construed  by  the  Chinese  as  a victory  for  them, 
destroy  the  moral  effect  of  the  occupation  of  Peking,  and  perhaps  • 
lead  to  the  renewal  of  trouble.  The  interdenominational  conference, 
however,  unanimously  voted  to  take  no  action.  Some  of  its  members 
had  decided  convictions  as  to  what  the  governments  ought  to  do;  but 
they  held  that  it  was  not  proper  for  missionary  workers,  as  such,  to 
proffer  unasked  advice  to  the  government  in  a matter  so  distinctly 
within  its  sphere,  nor  were  they  willing  to  go  on  record  as  saying  that 
an  armed  force  is  necessary  to  missionary  interests  anywhere.  While 
several  of  the  missionaries  felt  that  the  instigators  and  leaders  of  the 
uprising  should  be  punished  in  the  interest  of  future  security,  the 
majority  declared  that  this  question  also  belonged  to  the  government, 
which  was  understood  to  have  it  under  consideration,  and  that  any 
demand  on  the  part  of  missionaries  or  boards  was  to  be  seriously 
deprecated.  The  power  of  the  sword  has  not  been  committed  to  us, 
and  the  civil  magistrate  to  whom  it  has  been  committed  should,  in 
our  judgment,  exercise  that  power  on  his  own  initiative  and  responsi- 
bility. 

THE  QUESTION  OF  COMITY. 

* 

On  May  15,  the  Presbyterian  Board  adopted  a declaration  of  prin- 
ciples of  comity,  and  expressed  to  its  sister  boards  its  cordial  willingness 
to  cooperate  in  any  practical  measures  to  carry  them  into  effect.  The 
suggestion  was  made  that  a providential  opportunity  had  now  occurred. 
Manifestly  the  conference  could  not  take  final  action  on  such  a 
question,  but  it  unanimously  adopted  the  following  resolution: 

It  is  the  judgment  of  this  conference  that  the  resumption  of  mission 
work  in  those  parts  of  China  where  it  has  been  interrupted  would  afford 
a favorable  opportunity  for  putting  into  practise  some  of  the  principles 
of  mission  comity  which  have  been  approved  by  a general  consensus  of 
opinion  among  missionaries  and  boards,  especially  in  regard  to  the  over- 
lapping of  fields  and  such  work  as  printing  and  publishing,  higher  edu- 
cation and  hospital  work,  and  the  conference  would  commend  the  subject 
to  the  favorable  consideration  and  action  of  the  various  boards  and  their 
missionaries. 

Each  board  will  immediately  inaugurate  a vigorous  foreign  mis- 


1900.] 


FUTURE  MISSIONARY  POLICY  IN  CHINA. 


857 


sionary  campaign  among  the  home  churches.  In  the  Presbyterian 
Board,  we  are  urging  the  missionaries  from  China  now  in  this  country 
to  avail  themselves  of  the  public  interest  by  freely  contributing 
articles  to  the  religious  and  secular  papers,  and  to/j§aee.ml  practicable 
time  ft  the  home  department  secretary  for  addresses.  We  are  calling 
upon  the  churches  not  only  to  maintain  their  usual  gifts  but  to  pro- 
vide a large  fund  with  which  we  can  meet  the  extraordinary  expenses 
incurred  during  recent  months,  and  in  due  time  rebuild  the  ruined 
stations  and  enlarge  the  work.  We  propose  to  divide  this  estimated 
special  expenditure  into  shares  of  one  hundred  dollars  each,  and 
endeavor  to  place  them  with  churches,  societies,  and  individuals,  such 
shares  to  be  in  excess  of  ordinary  contributions  and  of  the  fifteen  per 
cent,  increase  required  for  the  maintenance  of  the  regular  work. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  steady  tone  of  both  conferences  was 
distinctively  hopeful.  All  felt  that  the  American  churches  are  now 
being  brought  into  new  relations  with  the  unevangelized  races.  They 
must  no  longer  regard  foreign  missions  as  simply  one  of  many  causes 
calling  for  collections,  but  be  led  to  recognize  the  world-wide  preaching 
of  the  Gospel  as  the  great  work  for  which  the  Church  is  set.  May  we 
not  confidently  rely  upon  the  prayers  of  all  the  friends  of  missions  as 
we  now  summon  the  churches  to  go  forward  in  the  name  of  the  Lord 
of  Hosts  ? 

THE  MARTYRED  MISSIONARIES. 


Very  tender  was  that  part  of  the  conference  in  which  report  was 
made  of  martyrdoms.  Only  two  boards  represented  were  thus  bereaved, 
but  they  have  lost  heavily.  The  American  Board  announced  the 
massacre  of  one  man  and  two  women  at  Pao-ting-fu  and  the  entire 
Shansi  force — five  men,  five  women,  and  five  children.  The  Presby- 
terian  board  mourns  the  death  of  three  men,  two  women,  and  three  j 
children  at  Pao-ting-fu — a total  for  both  boards  of  eighteen  mission-/ 
aries  and  eight  little  ones.  Considering  the  large  number  of  American 
missionaries  in  China,  and  the  magnitude  and  violence  of  the  outbreak, 
this  is  a comparatively  small  numerical  loss.  But  when  we  add  the 
European  missionaries  who  also  ascended  in  that  tumult  of  fire,  the 
list  lengthens  to  appalling  proportions.  None  who  knew  them  can 
scan  that  roll  of  martyrs  without  feeling  that  the  soil  of  China  has 
been  forever  consecrated  by  the  blood  of  God’s  saints— “of  whom  ^ 
the  world  was  not  worthy.”  May  God  show  the  shining  of  His  face 
through  the  cloud  of  sorrow,  and  may  He  grant  to  those  who  remain  \ 
a new  spirit  of  love  and  power  for  the  Master  who  Himself  tasted  the  j 
bitterness  of  death  for  us  all ! < 


Reprinted  from  the  Missionary  Revieiv  of  the  World,  Funk  &■  Wagnalls 
Co.,  30  Lafayette  Place,  Neiv  York. 


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The  Encyclopedia  of  Missions 

An  immense  collection  of  facts  regarding 
Missions  in  all  lands — descriptive,  histor- 
ical, statistical,  geographical,  ethnolog- 
ical, biographical,  etc.,  with  maps,  bibli- 
ography, statistical  tables,  and  general 
index.  Edited  by  Rev.  Edwin  Munsell 
Bliss,  late  Ass’t  Agent  Am.  Bible  Soc. 
for  the  Levant.  Two  large  volumes,  1,354 
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the  different  versions  of  the  Bible  used  in  missions 
there.  Descriptions  of  heathen  countries  and  the 
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“ Of  great  help  to  the  better  understanding  of 
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Christ’s  Trumpet  Call 
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the  minds  of  all  ministers  for  that  preach- 
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“The  author  of  this  book,  Rev.  Dr.  A.  T,  Pier 
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years  devoting  himself  to  the  arousing  of  mission- 
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